MUMBAI, India (AP) - Airports in India went on high alert Thursday following fresh attack warnings as officials said India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks. The alert comes as Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari promised the ...
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CHICAGO -President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary Wednesday, naming a prominent Hispanic to his new Cabinet and calling him a leading "economic diplomat for America" in troubled times. Richardson's nomination brings to three the number of former ...
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FORT BRAGG - A military jury has acquitted a New York Army National Guard soldier in the 2005 bombing deaths of two officers in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was found not guilty Thursday after a six-week trial at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He has been in military custody since his arrest in ...
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Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder. She gave herself an extreme makeover — blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe, phony name — and began spying on jurors. She befriended one juror to root out any possible misdeeds at the ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the government's financial system rescue effort said Thursday the Treasury Department is considering a program to encourage banks to make mortgage loans at low rates to help revive the battered housing market. Under the proposal being pushed by the financial industry ...
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OTTAWA -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, facing almost certain defeat in a crucial vote next week, shut down a two-week-old session of Parliament Thursday in a bid to stay in power until he can present a budget in January. Mr. Harper's Conservatives had been due to face off against a united ...
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TOKYO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is expected to fall for a second day on Friday, with exporters such as Toyota Motor seen hurt by a firmer yen and after profit worries in the worsening economy sparked a sharp drop on Wall Street. "Uncertainty remains strong in the market including the ...
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